I'll jump in... The corporate culture has its own value system, which I fortunately have not been indoctrinated into. I would think that the suits and silicon valley types actually believe it is altursitic to give Intel and Microsoft computers to school children. I see it as nothing more than creating future market share, and gaining a tax deduction. Why don't they create a fund that schools can use to buy computer equipment and software of their choice? The fund should equal the retail value of what they intended to donate. Now that would be a public service.
As Oral Roberts used to say, "Give until it hurts" Dave Dudine The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 22. For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
